Paddockwood, Saskatchewan

For the surrounding rural municipality, see Rural Municipality of Paddockwood No. 520.

Paddockwood
Village
Coordinates: 53°31′N 105°34′W
Country	Canada
Province	Saskatchewan
Rural municipality	Paddockwood
Federal Electoral District	Prince Albert
Provincial Constituency	Saskatchewan Rivers
Government
• Mayor	Hintz Reg (2005)
Time zone	UTC-6 (Central)
[1]

Paddockwood (2016 population: 154) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Paddockwood No. 520 and Census Division No. 15. It was named after the town Paddock Wood in Kent, England.

In the early 1900s, Fred Pitts immigrated to the lumberland of Canada. From a log cabin he built there as a home, he set up a post office, collecting letters and parcels on horseback for residents of the settlement. He named the settlement Paddockwood after the village he had left in England.[2]

Paddockwood was the home of the first Red Cross hospital in the British Empire, and was set up after the First World War.[3]

Paddockwood is served by the Paddockwood Public Library [4] as well as a nine-hole golf course, the Helbig's Forest Course.[5] Paddockwood belongs to the Saskatchewan Provincial Constituency of Saskatchewan Rivers[6] and the Federal Electoral District of Prince Albert.

History

Paddockwood incorporated as a village on January 1, 1949.[7]

Demographics

Population history
(1981–2016)

Year	Pop.	±%
1981	211	—
1986	197	−6.6%
1991	177	−10.2%
1996	187	+5.6%
2001	171	−8.6%
2006	125	−26.9%
2011	163	+30.4%
2016	154	−5.5%
Source: Statistics Canada via Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics[8][9]

In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Paddockwood had a population of 118 living in 51 of its 68 total private dwellings, a change of -23.4% from its 2016 population of 154. With a land area of 0.65 km^2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 181.5/km^2 (470.2/sq mi) in 2021.[10]

In the 2016 Census of Population, the Village of Paddockwood recorded a population of 154 living in 58 of its 70 total private dwellings, a -5.8% change from its 2011 population of 163. With a land area of 0.65 km^2 (0.25 sq mi), it had a population density of 236.9/km^2 (613.6/sq mi) in 2016.[11]

References

1. Government of Saskatchewan (April 11, 2007), Municipal Directory System, archived from the original on March 19, 2005, retrieved 2007-05-05
2. Walker, Jack (1985), Beginnings and Bygones of Old Paddock Wood, Paddock Wood, Kent: J C Walker
3. Paddockwood Historical Society (1982), Cordwood and courage : 1911-1982, Paddockwood, Sask.: Paddockwood & District History Book, ISBN 0-88925-407-9
4. Wapiti Regional Library. An entire world worth exploring., archived from the original on 2006-12-13, retrieved 2007-05-05
5. Helbig's Forest Course, Paddockwood, Saskatchewan - Golf Course, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2007-05-05
6. Government of Canada through the Canadian Apparel & Textile Industries Program (CATIP), POLITICAL CONTACTS, archived from the original on 2007-09-27, retrieved 2007-05-05
7. "Urban Municipality Incorporations". Saskatchewan Ministry of Government Relations. Archived from the original on October 15, 2014. Retrieved June 1, 2020.
8. "Saskatchewan Census Population" (PDF). Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 24, 2015. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
9. "Saskatchewan Census Population". Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved May 31, 2020.
10. "Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Saskatchewan". Statistics Canada. February 9, 2022. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
11. "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (Saskatchewan)". Statistics Canada. February 8, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2020.

	North: Northern Provincial Forest Forest Gate | Rebitt Lake McConechy Lake | Montreal
West: Northside | Christopher Lake Emma Lake	Paddockwood	East: Meath Park | Weirdale Foxford
	South: Albertville | Henribourg

53°31′N 105°34′W